Senior Hardware Design Engineer

Company Description

At Western Digital, our vision is to power global innovation and push the boundaries of technology to make what you thought was once impossible, possible.

At our core, Western Digital is a company of problem solvers. People achieve extraordinary things given the right technology. For decades, we’ve been doing just that. Our technology helped people put a man on the moon.

We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest growth organizations in the world. From energizing the most competitive gaming platforms, to enabling systems to make cities safer and cars smarter and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and public cloud, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Binge-watch any shows, use social media or shop online lately? You’ll find Western Digital supporting the storage infrastructure behind many of these platforms. And, that flash memory card that captures and preserves your most precious moments? That’s us, too.

We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, storage devices and platforms for business and consumers alike. Our data-centric solutions are comprised of the Western Digital®, G-Technology™, SanDisk® and WD® brands.

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. It’s You & Western Digital. Together, we’re the next BIG thing in data.

Job Description

Western Digital is seeking a Senior Hardware Design Engineer to join the Security team, to work closely with the Security Engineers, Architects to produce a high-quality security hardware.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Responsible for analyzing the Hardware threat surfaces and vectors for the Security Enclave and SOCs. You will define and implement the mitigation plans for the threats. You will participate in Hardware Security Policy definition for an embedded device related to data storage.
• Evaluate the emerging Security Hardware technologies and include them in the roadmap.
• Architect, design, and prototype product agnostic platform with Secure Enclave capable of enabling next-generation security solutions for the products with the emphasis on the Security Processor and scalable Secure interface.
• Responsible for implementing the latest in the security functionalities such as Cryptographic Algorithms, Entropy Generation, Secret Management, Access Control Management, Integrity and Authenticity enforcement.
• Participate in code, verification plan, and validation plan review of RTL, ROM, and Firmware. You will define a framework for hardware development process to detect and prevent potential security issues during early development and also architect and design hardware vulnerability test bed for side-channel attacks.
• Participate in cross-functional hardware architecture, design and review meetings representing security to help guard security and will also provide guidance to platform hardware engineers for seamless integration of Secure Enclave.
• Participate in research group discussions related to security advances in academia. You will research Secure and Performant implementation of the Cryptographic Algorithms using advanced Modeling Framework.
• Responsible for mentoring engineers for Secure Enclave RTL development, verification, and integration.

Qualifications

REQUIRED

• Bachelor’s degree in CE, EE, or 3-5 years in related technical field

SKILLS

• Extensive experience in RTL designing, pre-silicon and post-silicon bring-up and debugging
• Strong communication and organizational skills

Additional Information

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the "